Automatic booster back guidance to base (spacex style)

[AngelLestat]

Is possible? What happen when my main rocket keeps its curse to orbit, can a autopilot guide the booster and landed close to the KSC even if I can not longer see it?

There is a script for Kos that work like this?

There are 2 mods that help with booster recovery, the one that I use is "Flight_Manager_for_Reusable_Stages" which is cool but with manual flight is always hard, also I need to do this for both boosters.

The second mod is "stageRecovery" but it just recover things with parachutes included in a not realistic way, which is the same than nothing.

It will be nice to have a mod which we can set some action groups and parameters (as retro burn) and then use the engines to land at certain coordinates.

"Smart parts" mod can help in this.

Edited May 14, 2015 by AngelLestat

[parachutingturtle]

I feel like kOS+SmartParts should be able to do it, but I'm not sure what happens when the vessel gets unloaded when it gets too far from the active vessel. If KSP doesn't support it, this might never happen.

[Harry Rhodan]

The physics bubble is now around 25km during launch. That might be enough for a landing with parachutes but definitely not enough for a complex powered procedure. Your best bet would probably be a mixture of FMRS to keep the focus on the stage and kOS or Mechjeb to land it for you.

[AngelLestat]

Ok, it seems that those are the only ways. Is sad that we have an space program simulator but we cant try or get beneficts trying a reusable launcher..